Annacarney

40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Annacarney, from 897 m² to 113,724 m² (11.37 ha, 28.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 32 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Annacarney in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application.

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 8 Oct 2025N/a

  permission to construct the following 1) A bungalow with a low profile roof 2)A secondary effluent treatment system with a pumped percolation area as a soil polishing filter 3)A bored well 4) All ancillary site works in connection with the above-mentioned proposal. The above development to take place at my property located at Annacarney, Valleymount, Co. Wicklow.

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560802

• 2 Oct 2025N/a

  permission to construct the following: 1)A bungalow with a low profile roof. 2)A secondary effluent treatment system with a pumped percolation area as a soil polishing filter. 3)A bored well. 4)To upgrade an existing farm entrance and create a new vehicular access to serve residential and agricultural traffic. The proposed upgraded entrance to be in accordance with the requirements of the Roads Department of Wicklow County Council. 5)A ribbon type track across the land to access my site. 6)All ancillary ground works in association with the above. The above development to take place at my property located at Annacarney, Valleymount, Co. Wicklow

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 2560786

• 20 Aug 2025Conditional

  for permission for the construction of a new dwelling, wastewater treatment unit and polishing filter, new well, new entrance onto public road and associate works

  Permission, 1 home · Wicklow County Council, 2560645

• 6 Aug 2025Conditional

  amendments to planning permission 74953 and 873364 as follows: (a) As constructed single storey side extension to existing house. (b) 4 no Velux windows to front roof of existing house. (c) As constructed fuel store and garden shed and all associated site developments works

  Retention · Wicklow County Council, 2560604

• 23 Mar 2017Unconditional

  greenway. Construct a new crushed stone track in order to create a walking & cycling greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with the upgrading of the existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan, Carrig, Knockieran Upper, Knockieran Lower, Blessington and Burgage More and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgrading works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface, placement of apprx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 17307

• 18 Jan 2017N/a

  new crushed stone track in order to create a walking and cycling Greenway which will follow the edge of the Blessington Lakes together with upgrading of existing tracks commencing in the town of Blessington and following a route close to the shoreline through the townlands of Baltyboys Lower, Tulfarris, Rathballylong, Baltyboys Upper, Monamuck, Valleymount, Annacarney, Carrigacurra, Ballyknockan, Ballynastockan, Lackan, Sroughan and the villages of Valleymount, Ballyknockan and Lacken before returning to Blessington at Knockieran Bridge. Upgarding works will include widening of existing track and laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. Construction works will involve shallow excavation, laying of geotextile with a surface layer of crushed stone surface. placement of approx 100 culverts, 18 light bridges over larger streams, fencing and minor landscaping

  Permission · Wicklow County Council, 1739

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir SPA 004063
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Poulaphouca Reservoir 000731

Recorded monuments

• WI010-029 Sweathouse
  Description

  Situated on the flat bed of a stream gully and built into the steep valley side; the stream is 6m to the NE. An approximately square mound of earth and stone (dims. 4m x 4m; H 2m) covering a square chamber (dims. 1.52m x 1.52m) with a corbelled roof (H 1.73m) and a beaten earth floor. The top portion of the roof was damaged in 1967 (SMR file). The chamber is entered from the NNE side via a narrow passage (L 1.5m; Wth 0.44m; H 0.57-0.62m) with a slanting slab roof. (Price 1952, 180-81) The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 2 March 2015

• WI010-034 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gentle E-facing slope. Foundations of a rectangular structure, believed locally to be the site of a church (information A. O'Sullivan). A cresset or stone lamp was found at the site (Anon., 1856-7, 358). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Annacarney.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Annacarney, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Annacarney.

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Annacarney with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Wicklow.

Name

Annacarney · Eanach Cearnaigh

Area

679,163 m² (67.92 ha, 167.82 acres)

Civil parish

Boystown, and its townlands

Barony

Talbotstown Lower

Electoral division

Togher, the unit of the census

Census 2022

387 people lived in 129 households in the Togher electoral division. 87% of households owned their home. 25% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Blackditches Lower, Blackditches Upper, Carrigacurra, Togher, Valleymount or Cross

Placenames

Annacarney on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.